THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, February 15, 1995 TAG: 9502150396
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B6 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: NORFOLK LENGTH: Short : 25 lines
QMCM Samuel Watkins Williams USN, Ret., 74, of the 500 block of Gilpin Ave., died Feb. 14, 1995, in a Norfolk hospital.
He was a native of Warren County, N.C., and was retired from the U.S. Navy with 30 years service. He was a survivor of U.S.S. WASP CV-7.
Survivors include his wife, Frances Hicks Williams; one daughter, Linda Ann Erbland, and son-in-law, Dr. Christopher Erbland, both of Libertyville, Ill.; two sisters; three brothers; and three grandchildren, Mark, Patrick, and Samuel. He was preceded in death by two sons, Samuel Watkins Williams Jr. and James Gary Williams.
The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Friday in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Tidewater Drive Chapel. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home 30 minutes prior to the service.
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